Move Out of the Line, Please

Tea: Blood Orange (herbal) with honey

Music: Various pieces for high school band and strings

Time: Night.

It's happened before. It's about to happen again.

I'm going to be a jackbooted thug. Sort of.

My son is flying to Australia in June with his high school strings group -- and guess who's going to help go through the luggage beforehand to make sure there's no contraband.

Not just his. Everyone's.

These are good kids. I'm not worried about finding anything. Still, I think it's funny that Mr. Problem with Authority -- that would be me -- is going to be part of a sort of poor man's TSA.

(If I find any small vials of orange powder, though, I'm making someone else sniff them. I know someone who used to travel with powdered Scotch Bonnet pepper.)

Anyway ... if you need me, I'll be shopping for mirrored sunglasses and growing a bad 'stache.